Will Ellison get Frankened over this as a sacrifice to the Kavanaugh obstruction?

The woman who accused Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison of domestic abuse said on Monday that Democrats don’t believe her story and threatened to isolate her over the allegations.

Karen Monahan, a former girlfriend, came forward last month alleging that Ellison sent her threatening text messages and once screamed obscenities at her as he dragged her off a bed by her feet.

Ellison has denied the accusations, saying he “never behaved this way.” He did acknowledge he was in a relationship with the woman.

The allegations didn’t lead to any immediate action against the congressman, except for the announcement that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) would review the accusations. He went on to win the Democratic primary election for Minnesota attorney general.

Monahan slammed the Democratic Party for its response to her allegations when compared to its treatment of Christine Blasey Ford. Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to force himself onto her during at a high school party nearly four decades ago, prompting prominent Democrats to get behind Ford’s allegations.

“No, they don't,” Monahan tweeted in response to a question whether the party believes women’s stories. “I've been smeared, threatened, isolated from my own party. I provided medical records from 2017, stating on two different Dr. Visits, I told them about the abuse and who did it. My therapist released records stating I have been dealing and healing from the abuse.”

She added: “Four people, including my supervisor at the time, stated that I came to them after and shared the exact story I shared publicly, I shared multiple text between me and Keith, where I discuss the abuse with him and much more. As I said before, I knew I wouldn't be believed.”

Her comment came after another user pointed to comments made by Peter Daou, a Democratic strategist and former advisor to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, who wrote in a tweet that the Kavanaugh accuser will be “attacked, smeared, and demonized” and that people must “believe women.”

Many other Democrats and progressives – who stayed silent when the accusations against Ellison emerged – came out in support of Ford, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Tom Perez, chairman of the DNC, who urged to investigate the claims and Kavanaugh.

Monahan went to reiterate that her story has nothing to do with politics. “I have nothing to prove to anyone, I simply shared my story. People can believe it or not. I don’t need anyone to affirm my humanity, I affirmed it,” she wrote in another tweet.

“The fact that both parties only care if it scores political points is hypocritical,” she added. “Do you think a person who has dealt with any form of abuse by politicians is thinking about politics? No, we & are families are trying to heal.”

So just to be clear, you think this accomplished, unanimously appointed appellate court judge, nominated to the supreme court of the united states, whose undergone 6 FBI investigations vetting him for these lofty positions, without a blemish on his record for his entire life, is outright lying, not deflecting... but outright lying?

Without any evidence WHATSOEVER, there is no way to know who is telling the truth. The burden of proof in on the accuser.

I don't know if he's lying or not. We'll have to see how they both hold up under cross-examination.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Democrats are worried that domestic abuse allegations leveled at Rep. Keith Ellison (D) could imperil their hold on the state's attorney general office, a post the party has held for nearly half a century.

Ellison faces accusations of abuse and assault from a former girlfriend. He has denied the charges, and an independent investigation funded by the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party could not corroborate the woman's claims.

But voters and Democratic activists here say the allegations are weighing on the party's prospects -- and, in some cases, their own thoughts about the liberal firebrand whose star seemed to be on the rise.

"Unfortunately, it's hurting him and Republicans are using it to bring down other Democrats," said Roberta Humphries, a retiree who volunteers for Democratic candidates.

Ken Martin, the chairman of the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, said the party does not see evidence in their own polling -- which they are conducting weekly -- that allegations against Ellison are dragging down candidates in other races.

But the DFL's handouts, which typically highlight their entire slate of candidates, now omit down-ballot contenders like Ellison, a hint that the party wants to steer clear of the controversy.

"It's going to be a close race. It shouldn't be a close race," Martin said in an interview. "It's a concern to me, it's a concern to all of the Democrats who work in politics in this state."

The best thing Democrats have going for them, strategists in both parties agree, is the Republican nominee, former state Rep. Doug Wardlow (R). Wardlow is running far to the right, and even Republican strategists say they wish they had fielded a stronger candidate.

But the GOP didn't expect to be competing for an open seat, or against Ellison. Incumbent Attorney General Lori Swanson (D) threw state political circles into chaos when she decided at the last minute to run for governor, a race she lost in the Democratic primary. Ellison jumped in to replace her in the attorney general contest, and only then did the allegations come out.

Polls show the race as close to tied as possible. Democrats hope they can make the race a binary choice, in a blue state in a blue year. But that may not be easy when their candidate faces such allegations.

The allegations "really disappointed me because I liked" Ellison, said Liz Fleming, a retiree in Bloomington who does not count herself as a Democrat or a Republican. "That will affect how I vote."

I actually ran into Keith Ellison a couple of days ago. He was gladhanding at the place where I happened to be, and he was in front of me shoving a handshake at me before I realized who it was.

I thought about jokingly posting this in the media bias thread, but if that guy is even 5'9" I'll eat a friggin' shoe. Yet all the photos you see make him look like this big burly powerful dude. The guy I was with and I both fell out laughing afterward.

This guy is out slapping around women? He's lucky he didn't get beat up by her.